

Clear something for me. Is it just the PEP thats reading low or does it read carrier low as well? In other words are you talking swing or deadkey? There will be trimpots inside the meter for re-calibrating.If its just the pep thts reading low, that's a whole other ball game dont touch the trimpots.
Clear something for me. Is it just the PEP thats reading low or does it read carrier low as well? In other words are you talking swing or deadkey? There will be trimpots inside the meter for re-calibrating.If its just the pep thts reading low, that's a whole other ball game dont touch the trimpots.
I'm talking upward swing when I modulate. The workman 5000 is the only one out of the three that's not swinging to 18 watts when I modulate. From the 2 1/2 dead key it stops dead at 5 watts when I modulate.
Right, you've been asked a very important question you've not answered. Does the meter with PEP need a power supply? This is extremely important because to read PEP properly you need to use a powered meter with an active circuit to hold the meter at the peak value because peak output power on SSB/AM when talking lasts only milliseconds and the meters cannot react that fast enough hence we use a powered circuit with an op amp in order to move the meter to the peak reading and hold it there longer.
If it isn't powered, ie it'll show PEP without 12V or whatever being supplied to the meter, then it isn't showing true PEP and the value it will show is entirely dependent on the how fast the movement on the meter being used reacts and not only will vary from one manufacturer of meter to another but can vary from meter to meter.
The only way to use the unpowered PEP meters to measure peak output is to feed a constant tone into the microphone.
Watch and learn.
No power supply is needed. The only power supply is the one used to light the three meters. Is plugs into the wall socket and supply 12 volts via an I'm only using it with a sonar fs2340 AM only.cb radio.
Right, you've been asked a very important question you've not answered. Does the meter with PEP need a power supply? This is extremely important because to read PEP properly you need to use a powered meter with an active circuit to hold the meter at the peak value because peak output power on SSB/AM when talking lasts only milliseconds and the meters cannot react that fast enough hence we use a powered circuit with an op amp in order to move the meter to the peak reading and hold it there longer.
If it isn't powered, ie it'll show PEP without 12V or whatever being supplied to the meter, then it isn't showing true PEP and the value it will show is entirely dependent on the how fast the movement on the meter being used reacts and not only will vary from one manufacturer of meter to another but can vary from meter to meter.
The only way to use the unpowered PEP meters to measure peak output is to feed a constant tone into the microphone.
Watch and learn.